Senior Software Engineer (Python/Typescript)

• What does the team work on?
• Roku’s Automation support and Tools team focuses on providing innovative, impactful tools and SW solutions including AI enabled engineering capabilities to help accelerate validation efforts, improve efficiency, enhance productivity of all engineering team across Roku’s entire embedded SW org
• The team works across full-stack applications, backend services, and scalable platform services to improve developer productivity, end-to-end testing experience of Roku products and services
• You will be joining a talented, high-performance team of developers with a strong delivery culture. We are looking for someone who can help us keep up this pace and continue delivering high quality as we grow
• What is the role?
• Roku is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Embedded Software Automation and Tools team to build full stack applications and services that support end-to-end automation and test infrastructure
• This role involves designing and delivering full stack solutions that support cross-functional internal and external stakeholders across the Roku ecosystem
• You will contribute across frontend and backend systems, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and scalability
• You will build and evolve APIs and microservices, and help integrate modern AI capabilities into production experiences where they add clear user value
• The role requires strong technical judgment, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to move from concept through delivery in a fast-paced environment
• Design and build full stack web applications to support end-to-end automation and test infrastructure
• Integrate AI capabilities including LLM-driven experiences in existing and new toolsets
• Develop APIs and microservices to support test and quality workflows
• Deploy, scale, and monitor services in cloud environments using Kubernetes
• Build robust, highly available backend and frontend systems for software quality and automation use cases
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver external partner-facing and internal tooling
• Architect and own technical solutions and designs, evaluating design alternatives and trade-offs to deliver pragmatic, scalable, reliable, and maintainable solutions
• Create and maintain requirement and technical documentation, clearly defining user requirements, expected product behaviour, and relevant technical constraints
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve performance and reliability, enabling widespread adoption and use
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
• Mentor less experienced engineers through technical guidance and architectural reviews

Benefits

• Medical, wellness and financial benefits
• Free snacks and access to the company fitness center
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Work from home opportunities- Strong problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills
• Comfortable working with cross-functional peers and internal stakeholders across European and US timezones
• Experience deploying cloud-native services on AWS with containerized infrastructure and Kubernetes
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills
• Experience with frontend development in TypeScript/JavaScript, Next.js, React, and MUI frameworks
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, and REST API design and integration
• Experience integrating AI technologies such as Skills, Agents, MCP Servers, or RAG pipelines
• Demonstrated AI and agentic-tooling fluency per the section above
• 7+ years of proven full stack engineering experience with production web applications and backend services
• Understanding of authentication and authorization approaches including OpenID and SAML
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Strong skills and programming experience in Python
• Ability to work through ambiguous requirements and adapt to change
• A self-directed professional able to work independently
• Experience developing web applications using FastAPI, Flask, or Django
• Experience with message queuing systems such as RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka
• Experience with test-driven development, CI/CD workflows, and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, GitLab)
• We’re looking for curious, adaptable builders who can show how they’ve used AI or automation to move faster, raise the bar, and scale their impact
• At Roku, we don’t just use AI, we work with it. We use AI agents and smart tooling across brainstorming, planning, analysis, and implementation. People set the direction, exercise judgment, and own the outcomes
• How will I use AI at Roku?
• We value your AI skills if you have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agentic frameworks — and can describe projects where you shipped real customer-facing work with these tools
• You know how to drive an agent, validate its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you